CVE-2015-3273
medium
CVSS v3
4.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
mod/forum/post.php in Moodle 2.9.x before 2.9.1 does not consider the mod/forum:canposttomygroups capability before authorizing "Post a copy to all groups" actions, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging per-group authorization.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
53%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| moodle | moodle | 2.9.0 | |
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50220
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032877
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316663
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50220
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032877
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316663
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.